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How do you like the serrated edge on the lower half of the blade? I find serrated blades good for cutting rope, but less disirable than a non-serrated edge for other purposes. It may have advantages for a combat knife like the Kampfmesser, but I really don't know anything about knife combat. I have a pocket knife with the lower half of the edge serrated, and I don't like the serrations. For sharpening pencils, opening boxes, whittling, scraping battery terminals, and other common uses the serrations are a bother.
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09-12-2021 02:34 PM
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tanto tip, not appealing for sure, but devastating when on the business end of it!!
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Serrations aren´t that "desirable" for a "Bushcrafter", I know ...
But, in particular combat situations, they´re useful actually ...
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Richard2
How do you like the serrated edge on the lower half of the blade? I find serrated blades good for cutting rope, but less disirable than a non-serrated edge for other purposes.
I completely agree with you. With the majority of outdoor tasks serrated is not the best choice. I especially chose this serrated model because I need to be able to cut through (climbing-) ropes and webbing (of climbing harnesses, tactical equipment and protective gear) when needed, which is hard without a serrated edge especially under wet circumstances.
Kind regards
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Hi,
A few days ago I bought another KM2000 / "Kampfmesser Zwotausend" / "Kampfmesser Infanterie" in another forum, although I actually already have more than enough combat knives of this model in my collection. ...
Also this "Kampfmesser Zweitausend" from the manufacturer and outfitter of the Bundeswehr:
Waffentechnik
Borkott & Eickhorn
Solingen-Germany
First of all, I noticed that there is not only a single diamond sharpening plate glued to the sheath (as is usual with the KM2000), but actually three !
I asked the seller if he had installed the additional sharpening plates himself, which he said no.
He informed me that he had already received the knife in this condition.
Since the knife appears absolutely unused and there are no signs of use or signs of storage, I assume that this could possibly be a manufacturing defect ? ...
I also noticed that this knife does not come with snaps from the manufacturer STOCKO / STOCK & CO /
YKK STOCKO FASTENERS GmbH, Wuppertal
but have the PRYM stamp.
(PRYM GROUP Stolberg, Rheinland).
All in all, the KM2000 is not an "all-round bushcraft knife" but was developed exclusively for military, infantry use !
These knives are usually delivered with a "Trägerplatte" made of polyamide, which extends the locking of the combat knife to the equipment.
Some "veteran" soldiers in the Bundeswehr only know their KM2000 without this adapter plate made of plastic! ...
BTW, the first version of the KM2000 was manufactured with a blade tip in a "simple" "Tanto shape".
Tantō (短刀) means "short sword" in Japanese.
It is in the nature of things that the "Kampfmesser Zwotausend" was not only manufactured for the Bundeswehr, but also for the "civilian" market.
This video briefly describes the production of the KM2000.
This is already the production series of the combat knife with a "modified" "Tanto blade".
KM2000 - Das Kampfmesser der Bundeswehr - YouTube
Last edited by Reibert; 04-12-2024 at 03:48 PM.
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